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wildpan

Eight games sold over 100,000 units thisweek according to the preliminary data. It was a hell of a week. Readon to see how your favorites performed.  


Jacob Mazel

Summary:

By the looks of the preliminary data, Japan had its best week for videogame software sales since this week in December 2006, when 12 games sold over 100,000 copies. The preliminary data shows eight games selling over 100,000 units.Every platform had new compelling content this week, and the associatedincrease in hardware sales from the blockbusters appears to have liftedup a lot of software, especially on DS. In a bit of a surprise, onlyone PSP game charted in the preliminary data even though Final FantasyDissidia had a stellar debut. The other surprises in the data were thesharp increases in Animal Crossing and Taiko Wii sales, and the fairlystrong legs of the three versions of Gundam Musou 2. The final datashould show a hell of a week, regardless of any discrepancies betweenthese early sample estimates and the complete picture which will berevealed later in the week.

Key Points:

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  Software totals in the preliminary data tripled from last week, from over 700,000 games sold to over 2.1m games sold.
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  Anumber of titles were notably absent this week from the preliminarydata, as the depth of games to sell over 25,000 copies is likely closerto 30, 40 or even 50 rather than 20. Joysound, Fable II, Wii Fit, WiiMusic, Wii Play, Animal Crossing DS, Winning Eleven PS3, ProfessorLayton, Mario Kart Wii, Gran Turismo 5: Prologue and others areexamples of titles which likely sold over 25,000 but did not chart inthe preliminary data.
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  DSgames took 12 of the 20 spots in the preliminary data, and managed tosell over 900,000 units, which appears to have been planned to offsetthe massive debut of Final Fantasy Dissidia on PSP.

Understanding the Japanese Preview:

Rather than saying xgame for y platform sold between 20,000 and 28,000 units as in thepast, the preliminary data will be broken down into charts by platform.Within these charts, there will two additional categories besides therounded sales figure under ‘sales’. On the left will be ‘low end’depicting the lowest amount the title likely sold for the week, whileto the right will be ‘high end’ depicting the highest amount the titlelikely sold for the week. As always, this data is preliminary, andtherefore, not final, but it is based on a sample. The varying platformmarket share the sample represents is why consistent sellers like WiiFit do not always appear in the preliminary data. Sales for this report are for the week ending December 21, 2008.

Software by Platform Breakdown:

Wii Software – The preliminary data showed aslight rise in sales for Namco’s Taiko no Tatsujin Wii even though thegame debuted last week. Normally, this would seem suspicious. However,there is reason to believe the rise will appear in the final data. TheTaiko series on DS has been quite successful. Additionally, the game isthe major Wii third party offering for the holidays in Japan andtargeted well for the audience. The other game to chart with increasedsales is the game-only version of Animal Crossing: City Folk. When thesku with the Wii Speak device is included, it is likely Animal Crossingsold over 160,000 on Wii this week. Expect Wii hardware sales to riseinto the 120,000 to 150,000 unit range this week.

Preliminary Top Twenty Wii Software	Sales	Low End	High End
Animal Crossing: City Folk (game sku only)	116,000	104,000	128,000
Taiko no Tatsujin Wii	112,000	101,000	123,000

PS3 Software – Gundam Musou 2 sold 202,000 unitson PS3 according to the preliminary data in its debut week. That is aslight increase from the 175,000 units the first version sold on PS3 in2007 in its debut week. No other PS3 games charted in the preliminarydata, although as mentioned above, a few others likely sold over 25,000units for the week. Expect PS3 hardware sales to rise into the 45,000to 55,000 unit range this week.

Preliminary Top Twenty PS3 Software	Sales	Low End	High End
Gundam Musou 2	202,000	182,000	222,000

Xbox 360 Software – Gundam Musou 2 on Xbox 360sold 27,000 units according to the preliminary data. No other Xbox 360titles charted, although Fable 2 will likely end up near 40,000 unitsin the final data. Expect Xbox 360 hardware sales to rise into the15,000 to 25,000 unit range this week.

Preliminary Top Twenty Xbox 360 Software	Sales	Low End	High End
Gundam Musou 2	27,000	24,000	30,000

PS2 Software – Gundam Musou 2 sold 101,000 unitson PS2 according to the preliminary data. A new Fate game also debutedwith two skus. The full version sold 86,000 units, while the normalversion sold 24,000 units. Expect PS2 hardware sales to rise to the10,000 to 15,000 unit range this week.

Preliminary Top Twenty PS2 Software	Sales	Low End	High End
Gundam Musou 2	101,000	91,000	111,000
Fate Unlimited Codes (Full Edition)	84,000	76,000	92,000
Fate Unlimited Codes	26,000	23,000	29,000

PSP Software – Final Fantasy Dissidia was the onlyPSP title to chart in the preliminary data. Given that the titles whichcharted last week all sold less than 23,000 units, while no game skusin the data this week sold less than 23,000 units, its doesn’t looklike Disdia provided a big boost for PSP games. Nonetheless, FinalFantasy Dissdia did manage to sell 530,000 units according to thepreliminary data. The game is likely to be heavily front loaded butcould reach 1,000,000 units in Japan nonetheless. Expect PSP hardwaresales to rise into the 115,000 to 140,000 unit range this week.

Preliminary Top Twenty PSP Software	Sales	Low End	High End
Final Fantasy Dissidia	530,000	477,000	583,000

DS Software – DS had twelve games in thepreliminary data. Nine of the DS dozen sold over 50,000 units thisweek. Tales of Hearts was the top DS game with 174,000 units sold weekone. Kirby and Wagamama Fashion saw big increases this week – and eachtitle managed to sell 100,000 units. Rhythm Heaven Gold, and PokemonPlatinum managed to sell over 50,000 units on solid increases from theprevious week, joining Konami’s Penguin game and three new titles.Three other DS titles sold between 20,000 and 45,000 units for theweek. One of three titles is Konami’s magic game (the game with 365 inthe title), and it too rode a big increase from the previous week aswell. Expect DS hardware sales to rise into the 280,000 to 350,000 unitrange this week.

Preliminary Top Twenty DS Software	Sales	Low End	High End
Tales of Hearts	174,000	157,000	191,000
Kirby Superstar Ultra	131,000	118,000	144,000
Wagamama Fashion: Gal's Mode	114,000	103,000	125,000
Rhythm Heaven Gold	82,000	74,000	90,000
Powerful Pro Kun Pocket 11	78,000	70,000	86,000
Pokemon Platinum	72,000	65,000	79,000
Suikoden Tierkreis	64,000	58,000	70,000
Momotaro Railway 20th Anniversary Edition	54,000	49,000	59,000
Penguin no Mondai	50,000	45,000	55,000
Tomgari Boushi to Mahou no 365 Days	42,000	38,000	46,000
Ragnarok DS	38,000	34,000	42,000
Tamagotchi Kira Kira Omisecchi	23,000	21,000	25,000

LSHWM

海狸先生

看不懂，头顶个毛青天

wildpan

那要好好学习。

wildpan

我来简单说下要点：

本周是两年来日本软件销量新高，从上周的70万张到本周的210万。

Fable II, Wii Fit, WiiMusic, Wii Play, Animal Crossing DS, Winning Eleven PS3, ProfessorLayton, Mario Kart Wii, Gran Turismo 5: Prologue周销量过25000但未被表中统计

DS游戏一共卖了90万

高达无双2 PS3周销量20万，本周PS3大约卖出5万台

高达无双2 XO大约卖出27000

高达无双2 PS2大约卖出10万

纷争最终幻想井喷，首周53万，其中限定版4万，PSP本周销量10万以上

DS销量大约28万到35万之间

虎纹猫

FF53W才帮助dsd卖出10W台，看来果然dsd都跑国内来了。

wildpan

胡说,3000没破,国内卖不出去的.

虎纹猫

3000算个毛，2000和1000难道不是dsd？